Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Ordinary rice (as opposed to sticky rice): "gạo tẻ" refers to the common, non-glutinous rice variety that is the staple food for daily meals in Vietnam. Its grains are typically smaller and less sticky than glutinous rice (gạo nếp).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hầu hết các gia đình Việt Nam dùng gạo tẻ để nấu cơm hằng ngày. (Most Vietnamese families use ordinary rice to cook daily meals.)
  • Gạo tẻ ít dính hơn gạo nếp. (Ordinary rice is less sticky than glutinous rice.)

Advanced Usage

• "cơm gạo tẻ": cooked ordinary rice.
  • Bữa trưa của tôi thường là cơm gạo tẻ với canh và cá. (My lunch is usually cooked ordinary rice with soup and fish.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gạo (n): rice (the general term for harvested, husked grains).
• Gạo nếp (n): glutinous rice, sticky rice.
• Cơm (n): cooked rice; a meal.

Synonyms

• Lúa tẻ (n): ordinary rice paddy (referring to the plant before harvesting and milling).
• Gạo thường (n): common/regular rice.

Related Phrases

• Ăn cơm gạo tẻ: to eat a meal with ordinary rice (implies a normal, everyday meal).
  • Dù đi đâu xa, tôi vẫn nhớ bữa cơm gạo tẻ ở nhà. (No matter how far I go, I still miss the meals with ordinary rice at home.)

Related Idioms

• No specific idioms are formed solely with the term "gạo tẻ". It is a basic, concrete noun. However, it appears in sayings about daily life and sustenance.
  • Cơm gạo tẻ, nước chè tươi (Ordinary rice and fresh tea): A phrase describing simple, essential elements of daily life.

1. Ordinary rice (as opposite to sticky rice)